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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Death/thrash metal band from Rupea/Brașov in Transylvania, Romania, active since 2018. Their approach merges death metal with thrash from the heart of vampire country.
Rotrum Corvus is a black metal project from Bonn, the former West German capital, formed in 2023. The project channels dark, atmospheric black metal from the Rhine valley city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Out of Morgantown, West Virginia, Rott materialized in 2021 with a sound anchored in the slow churn of doom metal and the hazy, amplifier-driven heft of stoner rock. Their music reflects the isolation of the Mountain State — lumbering, smoke-filled, and built for maximum low-end saturation.
Vacaville, California's Rott formed in 2021 with a straightforward commitment to traditional heavy metal. The band channels the genre's classic sensibility — big riffs, strong hooks, and a no-frills approach that keeps the focus squarely on the songs.
Illinois death metal act Rotted has been grinding away since 2017, delivering the kind of unadorned, no-nonsense brutality that strips the genre down to its essential ugliness. Without a fixed city anchoring their identity, they let the music speak purely in the language of putrefaction.
Oxford, Connecticut's Rotted Through formed in 2021 at the intersection of death metal's surgical brutality and deathcore's bone-crushing breakdown culture. The band merges the technical aggression of classic death metal with the modern heaviness that defines the New England extreme scene.
Black metal project from Nowy Targ in the Polish Tatra Mountains, active since 2011. The project channels mountain-born black metal from the Podhale region.
Stoner metal band from England, active since 2015. Their irreverent name accompanies riff-heavy stoner metal.
Raw black metal project from Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea, active since 2016. The project delivers lo-fi, abrasive black metal from the Volga delta.
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